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The name is of obscure South American Indian origin, reportedly meaning " arrow-fishing ", and alludes to the Bororo custom of using arrows to fish.

Another version says that there was an Indian tribe called Ykuiapá.

Others say that, while a Portuguese man was once taking a bath in the river using a kind of plate made with half a coconut ( named cuia ), the stream carried it away, prompting the man to exclaim " Cuia ba " ( something like " the cuia is gone ").

Cuiabá is the largest centre for tourism, business, agribusiness, trade, and culture in Mato Grosso.